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Here’s The Top-Selling Rock & Metal Albums Of 2015

Metal Insider have compiled a list of the best selling metal and hard rock albums in the U.S. for the year of 2015, presumably as per Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The list isn’t limited only to album’s released in 2015, but rather the albums that sold the most during the calendar year. Here’s what was shared:

An interesting side note is that Metallica‘s sales are pure profit for them, as they own the masters for their albums. While rock & metal had a great year, in contrast, Billboard have shared the top ten selling album’s in the U.S. for 2015 as per SoundScan, and the numbers are a bit staggering:

The sales above were tabulated by Nielsen SoundScan for the tracking period Dec. 29, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2015 and represent pure sales, as opposed album equivalent sales, which factor in streams, etc.. To put that in perspective, the combined rounded off sales of all the metal and hard rock albums mentioned above comes in at 3,562,200 copies sold—under half the number of units Adele moved with “25“.